Know The

T Type
es Of Offfice Furn
niture And Theirr Arcane
e Meanin
ngs
Itt’s on the hu
undred and d forty‐eighth floor. Th
here are flooor‐to‐ceiling glass windows, neuttral‐
co olored carp
pets, rows of
o desks and d chairs in cubicles.
c Ph
hones are ringing, keyb boards are
cllacking, voices are risin
ng and falling. There are
a people everywhere
e e: reaching into filing
caabinets, talking on thee phone, typ ping away at
a executivee desks, passsing notes and memo os,
ju
uggling folders, briefcaases and coffee mugs or o simply frrowning in concentrati
c ion. It’s ano
other
day at the offfice.

What makess an office run?

W r The peeople, of course. But what
w often‐o
overlookedd resources play a
big part in making
m office staff efficcient? It’s th
he office furniture. No
o matter whhat or how large
l
hey may bee, office furn
th niture can make
m or breeak an emp ployee’s dayy. An uncommfortable
ergonomic chair,
c for exxample, cann lead to back pains thaat will distrract a perso
on from
performing his
h or her joob. Here aree some of the t items im mportant foor office usee.

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Ergonomi c Chairs

Does your baack hurt aftter sitting in

D n a chair for 8 hours? Do
D you feell like your posture
p is getting
w
worse everyyday? Mayb be it’s time to
t take a loook at your office chairrs. Ergonommic chairs arre
m commo
most only used in
n the officee. Why? It’s because th hese are thee chairs creeated speciffically
w the offiice employe
with ee in mind. If you havee ergonomic chairs in thet office, this
t means two
th
hings. Number one is thatt your offfice really cares for yo
ou. Number two is thaat your officce
reeally cares for
f your output.

Ergonomic chairs
c are thhose huge chairs
c with adjustable armrests and backrestts. These
feeatures are necessary for your heealth, as weell as comfo ort. Changinng the anglee and height of
ergonomic chairs’
c backs will help your
y posturre and prevvent back acches. Lowering or raisiing the
armrests willl be a greatt relief laterr in the dayy. Ergonomiic chairs aree usually made of steeel,
leeather or caanvas. The seats
s are paadded and are wide en nough to suupport you as you worrk
thhroughout the
t day. Erggonomic ch hairs are alsso made to swivel so thhat everythhing will be at
yoour fingertiips, literallyy. Choosing the right ergonomic seat
s may take some tim me and
experimentaation, but onceo you fin
nd your perffect match,, you’ll wan
nt to stay in the office if only
juust for the chair.
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Executive Desks

Iss there a pile of paperss waiting fo

or you everyy time you walkw througgh your offiice door? Do D you
always feel the
t need fo or some spaace on your desk? Try lookingl at executive
e desks. Execu utive
desks are lon ng, wide deesks created d for heavy‐duty busin ness. They are
a usually madem of woood or
sttone, but modern
m desiigns use steeel and glasss as well. Iff your desk is full of clu
utter, it means
thhat either you
y are veryy busy or yo ou are disorrganized. Th he place annd position of the deskk are
also importaant. The bosss usually sits at the co orner and has
h a biggerr space.

The space thhat your desk occupiess signifies your importaance in the office. Thee more spacce you
have, the mo ore importaant you aree. Executive desks com mmonly havee rows of drawers running
down eitherr side, and can
c be L‐shaaped, rectangular or square. Som me even havve tiers to
m
maximize sp
pace. Executtive desks are
a finished d on all sidees, so that th
hey can stand on theirr own
in
n the middle of a roomm, or be pusshed againsst a wall. Th
hese desks make
m for haandsome offfice
fu
urniture, bu
uilding a mo
ore attractivve workplace that employees willl enjoy.

Filing Cabineets

What kind of office furn

W niture woulld be able to hold everrything imp portant? Filiing cabinets!
Before the age
a of techn nology came rushing headlong
h intto the world, filing cabbinets weree the
m visible items in an
most n office. And
d they still are
a today. Filing
F cabinets are wheere you keeep
hard copies of records and personnal files. Filing cabinetss signify thee way that your
y office is
organized.

Clean and immpeccable filing

f meanss that your office really means bu usiness and doesn’t peermit
m
many mistakkes to happ
pen. The moost familiar types are thet tall, verttical ones made
m of meetal.
Filing cabineets have row
ws of long, deep draweers that can n be locked. A few more tradition nal
filing cabinetts are madee of wood, though theey are now a rare sightt. Apart from m vertical, filing
f
caabinets comme in horizo
ontal and shhelf‐style to
o suit all offfice needs.